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Memorial: M2881

Wall tablet in Kingston, Jamaica dedicated to Vice-Admiral Thomas Danvers d. 1746

Location

St Anne's Parish Church, Kingston, Jamaica

Transcript

'Sacred to the Memory / Of the Honble THOs DANVERS Esqr Vice Admiral of the Red Second Son to / Sr ROBERT DANVERS Bart and of Dame MARY eldest Daughter and Coheiress of / THOS JERMYN, Baron of BURY, seated at RUSHBROOK PARK in the County of SUFFOLK / She was likewise Coheiress to her Uncles HENRY JERMYN Earl of St ALBANS & / HENRY JERMYN Earl of DOVER / The said THOs DANVERS dyed of ye yellow fever in this Island of JAMAICA ye 16th day of Septr / in the Year 1746, when Commander in Cheif of his MAJESTY'S Squadron's in the / WEST INDIES, then at War wth. FRANCE & SPAIN, after 40 Years faithfull and / Essential Service to his Country having performed All Trust placed in him with great Honour / Alacrity and Courage wch. gained him the favour of his Royal Master as well as the Just Applause/and esteem of all Good and Generous Minds, they being convinced that what appear'd most Condusive / to the interest of His King, and the good of his Country, would be the Sole Guide of his Conduct / He Married KATHERINE, the only Daughter of Wm. SMITHSON of YORKSHIRE An Heiress Neice / to Lord JERMYN and Lord DOVER, by whom He had three Sons & twelve Daughters, / whereof only one Son & three Daughters survived Him. In the 58th Year of His Age, / He Yeilded up His Soul Into the Merciful Hand of Him who gave it. / Though He Slay me yet I will trust in Him / Job 13th & 15th / This Monument was Erected by His truly Affectionate widow / out of a Just & Faithful regard to His Memory Ao.1748'

Details

Description: At the centre of a broken pediment formed by enriched scrolls is an urn in high relief, the lid ornamented with flowers and fruit. A cornice on the underside of which is egg and dart motif, breaks forward over a panel of yellow and grey veined marble. There is a cartouche with painted arms below, flanked with pendant ornament of wind blown acanthus, a white marble shell on either side.


Type: Wall tablet
Position: South wall
Materials: Marble

People

Danvers, Thomas
Age: 57
Date of Death: 6/9/1746
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Red
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER.
Bibliography: Captain J.H. Lawrence-Archer 'Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies' (London 1875); Lesley Lewis 'English Commemorative Monuments in Jamaica', 'The Jamaican Historical Review' vol. ix (1972).
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